"Die!" Jing Lan shouted, watching the pillar of light blast toward Fang Yuan. Her eyes brimmed with savage delight.
Though she possessed Rank 8 Cultivation and tremendous battle strength, she had lived her entire life beneath You Hun Demon Venerable's shadow. In Heavenly Court, she had awakened because of Soul-Shaking Mountain's self-destruction. Seeing Demon Venerable You Hun still putting up a desperate struggle, the emotions buried deepest in her heart surged forth.
"Shock, fury, pity, malicious glee, and... fear! You Hun, you were once so powerful, yet now you have become Heavenly Court's prisoner. And now, your inheritor is about to be slain by me. My awakening truly came at the right time. By killing your inheritor, I will also cut away the fear you planted in the deepest part of my heart!"
"Then, I will bring Fang Yuan's head to see you. In the end, you too will be killed by me. Hahaha, one day, you will die by my hand as well. Unbelievable—it feels like a dream! Hahaha!"
At this moment, Lord Lei Gui Jing Lan laughed wildly in her heart.
"Something's wrong, stop!" At that moment, Jing Lan suddenly heard a voice.
"Too late!" Jing Lan's eyes were filled with slaughter and bloodlust, but she immediately froze slightly.
"This voice sounds familiar... right, it's that junior, Zi Wei! So it isn't Fang Yuan's reinforcements. Wait, what does she mean?" A thought flashed through Jing Lan's mind like lightning streaking across the sky.
The bloodlust in Jing Lan's eyes instantly faded by more than half, revealing reason and clarity.
She hurriedly tried to retreat.
"It's already too late!" Fang Yuan's expression abruptly changed. His previous panic and fluster vanished without a trace in an instant, replaced by an unshakable certainty of victory and fighting spirit that soared into